- 22:07 29/10/2009
A plenary session of Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Constitutional Court to rule on whether capital punishment could again be legal in Russia from January 1.
- 21:46 29/10/2009
The Russian-crewed and Maltese-flagged vessel at the center of a mysterious hijacking case was handed over to representatives of Malta on Thursday, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said.
- 20:19 29/10/2009
Three teenagers have been detained in the West Siberian city of Tomsk on suspicion of killing a man who bought them some bread after they told him they were hungry, local investigators said on Thursday.
- 19:16 29/10/2009
The visit to Russia by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband due later this week could foster better ties between Moscow and London, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 18:51 29/10/2009
Russia is investigating whether there are Russians on board the Thailand-flagged fishing vessel hijacked by pirates off Seychelles on Thursday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
- 18:28 29/10/2009
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it was unacceptable for the United States to apply pressure to secure the extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from Thailand.
- 18:00 29/10/2009
The Strasbourg court has fined Russia 130,000 euros ($192,000) over the disappearance in 2000 of three people in its North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, the court said in a press release on Thursday.
- 17:45 29/10/2009
A 9-month-old boy whose skin reportedly reveals verses from the Koran from time to time, will be brought to Moscow's main mosque on Saturday, the head of the Islamic Cultural Center said on Thursday.
- 17:42 29/10/2009
The Russian and U.S. presidents will discuss a news arms control agreement in mid-November in Singapore, the Russian foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 16:47 29/10/2009
Iran may be making positive noises about a draft agreement on nuclear fuel, but the international community must not relax yet, a senior Russian expert warned on Thursday.
- 16:08 29/10/2009
The leaders of Russia and Ecuador signed on Thursday in Moscow a declaration on strategic partnership in politics, security, environmental protection, education, science, culture and tourism.
- 16:08 29/10/2009
Russia's largest truck producer, KamAZ, announced on Thursday net losses under International Financial Reporting Standards of 1.8 billion rubles ($60 million) in January-June 2009.
- 14:06 29/10/2009
Alrosa, Russia's largest diamond miner, said on Thursday it sold diamonds worth $1.73 billion in January-October 2009.
- 12:54 29/10/2009
A new crew has flown from Russia to Malta to replace the sailors on the cargo ship in the center of a mysterious hijacking case since July, the top official in a Russian sailors' trade union said on Thursday.
- 12:54 29/10/2009
Russia's Central Bank said on Thursday it would cut its key lending rate by 0.5 percentage points to 9.5% per annum from October 30, following a slowdown in consumer price growth.
- 12:10 29/10/2009
Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil said on Thursday its net profit calculated under Russian Accounting Standards fell 92%, quarter-on-quarter, in July-September 2009 to 1.76 billion rubles ($59 million).
- 11:23 29/10/2009
The U.S. president's national security adviser, Gen. James Jones, is visiting Russia for nuclear arms reduction talks.
- 10:34 29/10/2009
Russia's international reserves comprising gold, foreign exchange and a range of other assets grew by $5.9 billion to $429.3 billion in the week of October 16 - October 23, the Central Bank said on Thursday.
- 10:21 29/10/2009
A severe storm in Russia's northern Kuril Islands has left some 3,000 residents without electricity, regional official Renat Gizatullin said on Thursday.
